Nigel Farage and right-wing Tories, including Boris Johnson, have flown into Washington DC for Donald Trump’s inauguration - but the British government will largely be watching from afar.
With the Reform UK leader, former Tory prime minister, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel and ex-home secretary Suella Braverman among the Trump enthusiasts in the US for the former president’s return, outgoing US ambassador Dame Karen Pierce is the UK’s only official representative.
